A US army judge says the military may have improperly pressed ahead with the sex crimes trial of a US army general.

The rise of Genghis Khan and the huge Mongol Empire in the early 13th century may have been helped by good weather, scientists suggest.

Mt Gox, the troubled Japanese bitcoin exchange, wins bankruptcy protection to temporarily halt US legal action alleging fraud.

Shipping in the Canadian city of Vancouver is disrupted as container lorry drivers go on strike.

The US state of Colorado says it collected more than $2m in the first round of tax payments from newly legalized marijuana businesses.

A meeting with Vladimir Putin over Ukraine will not happen until Moscow engages with US proposals on the crisis, the US secretary of state says.

Military radar suggests the missing Malaysian airliner turned west, away from its planned route, before disappearing, Malaysia's air force says.

A former US teacher who hid a camera in an air freshener to secretly record children is sentenced to 25 years in prison for child pornography.